101 Reykjavik 2000  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Cast: Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Victoria Abril, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Baltasar Kormakur, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Thrudur Viljhalmdottir, Eyvindur Erlendsson, Throstur Leo Gunnarsson, Johann Sigurdarson, Edda Heidrun Backman
Hlynur (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) is a loser; he is 30 years old, still lives with his mother, can't hold a job, etc., etc. When his mother goes away to visit relatives, Hlynur enjoys a drunken, one-night stand with Lola (Victoria Abril) who, if course, soon announces she is pregnant but claims that the baby IS NOT Hlynur's. But wait, Hlynur's mother (Hanna Maria Karlsdottir) now announces that she and Lola are in love and will be spending the rest of their lives together. Meanwhile, Hofi (Thrudur Vilhjalmdottir) announces she is pregnant and insists that Hlynur IS the father. Could events possibly be more complicated?
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Don't Tempt Me 2001  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Echanove, Demian Bichir, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Cristina Marcos, Gemma Jones, Elena Anaya, Bruno Bichir, Peter McDonald
Mexican boxer Manny (Demian Bichir) is close to committing suicide when an angel, Lola (Victoria Abril), from Heaven answers the call for help. But, the powers-that-be in Hell step in to interrupt the rescue and send their own agent, Carmen (Penelope Cruz), onto the scene.
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Jimmy Hollywood 1994  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe, Harrison Ford, Robert LaSardo, Barry Levinson, Earl Billings, Helen Brown, Lou Cutell
Want to become a Hollywood star? This story offers a new twist on the drugstore discoveries. Jimmy Alto (Joe Pesci) and his friend (Christian Slater) break into the business big time by capturing crooks and delivering their videotaped crimes to the police. Lots of laughs.
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Kika 1993 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril, Alex Casanovas, Rossy de Palma, Santiago Lajusticia
Kika (Veronica Forque), a cosmetologist, is called on to provide makeup for a "corpse" (Alex Casanovas) who, in turn, was actually in a coma from which he emerges. From there, Kika resumes her affair with the father of her customer, is raped by the housekeeper's cousin, and suspects that her lover murdered his wife. Enough said!
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Libertarias 1996 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Blanca Apilanez, Laura Mana, Loles Leon, Jorge Sanz, Jose Sancho, Joan Crosas, Antonio Decent, Miguel Bose, Francisco Maestre
A Catholic Nun, Maria (Ariadna Gil), is forced out of her convent when it is attacked early in the Spanish Civil War (1936). She eventually joins an activist women's group who fight–including on the front lines of the war–for women's rights. This is the story of that war as seen through these women's eyes.
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The Moon in the Gutter 1983  R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Bertice Reading, Gabriel Monnet, Dominique Pinon, Milena Vukotic, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Bernard Farcy, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Katya Berger, Jacques Herlin, Guido Alberti, Rosa Fumetto, Graziano Giusti
Dockworker Gerard (Gerard Depardieu) sets out to find the man who raped his sister, and he gets aid from the wealthy Bella (Victoria Abril) in the process.
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 1990 NC-17, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon, Julieta Serrano, Maria Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal, Lola Cardona, Montse G. Romeu, Emiliano Redondo
Newly released from the mental hospital, Ricky (Antonio Banderas) kidnaps ex-porn star Marina (Victoria Abril) and ties her up. The objective of his actions: talk Marina into marrying him and raising a family.
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| 1. 101 Reykjavik (2000)
2. Don't Tempt Me (2001)
3. I Married a Shadow (1982)
4. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
5. Kika (1993)
6. Libertarias (1996)
7. The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
8. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
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